Tay

“I mean, they say you die twice. One time when you stop breathing and a second time, a bit later on, when somebody says your name for the last time.”
― Banksy

“I'm in love with you," he said quietly.

"Augustus," I said.

"I am," he said. He was staring at me, and I could see the corners of his eyes crinkling. "I'm in love with you, and I'm not in the business of denying myself the simple pleasure of saying true things. I'm in love with you, and I know that love is just a shout into the void, and that oblivion is inevitable, and that we're all doomed and that there will come a day when all our labor has been returned to dust, and I know the sun will swallow the only earth we'll ever have, and I am in love with you.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

“You guys know about vampires? … You know, vampires have no reflections in a mirror? There’s this idea that monsters don’t have reflections in a mirror. And what I’ve always thought isn’t that monsters don’t have reflections in a mirror. It’s that if you want to make a human being into a monster, deny them, at the cultural level, any reflection of themselves. And growing up, I felt like a monster in some ways. I didn’t see myself reflected at all. I was like, “Yo, is something wrong with me? That the whole society seems to think that people like me don’t exist?" And part of what inspired me, was this deep desire that before I died, I would make a couple of mirrors. That I would make some mirrors so that kids like me might see themselves reflected back and might not feel so monstrous for it.”
― Junot Díaz

“Before we met, I was drowned in a deep blue sky,
I thought I would never look forward again,
I believed I would always stay stuck,
Since that first snow, nothing remained the same,
I came to know there was more to life,
I realized I was ever ready to move on,
All I needed was somebody like you,
All I wanted was to trust in your vibe,
In those shimmery eyes, I saw cheesy sunrise,
In those silent moments, I heard the roar of rivers,
In those joyous chattering, I sensed peaceful sunsets,
In those pineapple thoughts, I lived life to the fullest,
In that crazy ocean of love, I left footprints on the water,
Trust me, in that lovely smile, I saw a sky I won't forget.”
― Hareem Ch, Another World